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| Version | -//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN
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| Element | META |
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| Purpose | generic metainformation |
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| Description | This element identifies meta-information (information about information) of a document. It is not meant to duplicate the structural information that the other elements, such as TITLE,
convey about the document.
For example:
<META Name="description" Content="Demonstrates basic features of HTML">
<META Name="keywords" Content="HTML, hypertext, basics, learning, reference">
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| Start tag | Required <META>
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| Attributes | | Name | Type | Default | Comment |
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| content | CDATA | #REQUIRED | associated information | | dir | ( ltr | rtl ) | #IMPLIED | direction for weak/neutral text; lang, dir, for use with content | | http-equiv | NAME | #IMPLIED | HTTP response header name | | lang | NAME | #IMPLIED | language code as RFC1766; language code | | name | NAME | #IMPLIED | metainformation name | | scheme | CDATA | #IMPLIED | select form of content
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| Content | EMPTY
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| End tag | Forbidden
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| Referenced in | HEAD TITLE
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